The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose.

Set against anything large, a life is brief, and that fact can be used in two opposite ways. It can be a reason to hurry anxiously, or a reason to take the ordinary hours seriously and stop spending them on things you do not care about. The second is the more useful reading.

Without making a project of it, notice one thing today that is genuinely good and be present for it. Then look at a recurring waste of your time and decide whether it earns its place. Brevity is an argument for attention rather than for speed.